Policy coherence for development. Migration and developing countries

This edition of the Development Centre's annual report on policy coherence focuses on migration. The book examines the costs and benefits of migration for developing countries and how these flows can be better organised to yield greater benefits for all parties concerned - migrant-sending countries, migrant-receiving countries, and the migrants themselves. It takes stock of what we know about the effects of migration on development, and distills from that knowledge a set of policy recommendations for sending and receiving countries alike. It draws on a large number of country and regional case studies co-ordinated by the OECD Development Centre to illustrate the mechanisms that link migration and development: labour-market effects, brain drain, remittances, diaspora networks and return migration.

Contents:
Preface
Executive Summary
Introduction and Overview
PART ONE: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION TODAY
Chapter 1. Human Mobility in the New Century
Chapter 2. International Labour Mobility: A View from the Sending Countries
PART TWO: THE MIGRATION CYCLE: ISSUES AND IMPACT FOR SENDING COUNTRIES
Chapter 3. Economic Effects of Migration on the Home Country
Chapter 4. Departure of Labour: When Does the Home Country Benefit?
Chapter 5. The Brain Drain and Negative Social Effects: When is the Home Country Hurt?
Chapter 6. Remittances and the Reduction of Vulnerability
Chapter 7. Diaspora Networks
Chapter 8. Return
PART THREE: POLICY COHERENCE FOR MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 9. Interlinkages between Migration, Trade, and Aid
Chapter 10. What Role for OECD Country Migration Policies?
Chapter 11. Integrating International Migration into Development Strategies
Chapter 12. Coherence of Policies for More Effective Management

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